2 Maccabees 4:4
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4 Onias recognized that the rivalry was serious and that Apollonius son of Menestheus,[a] and governor of Coelesyria and Phoenicia, was intensifying the malice of Simon.(A)
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- 4.4 Vg: Meaning of Gk uncertain
2 Maccabees 4:21
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21 When Apollonius son of Menestheus was sent to Egypt for the coronation[a] of Philometor as king, Antiochus learned that Philometor[b] had become hostile to his government, and he took measures for his own security. Therefore upon arriving at Joppa he proceeded to Jerusalem.(A)
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2 Maccabees 5:24
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24 Antiochus[a] sent Apollonius, the captain of the Mysians, with an army of twenty-two thousand and commanded him to kill all the grown men and to sell the women and boys as slaves.(A)
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- 5.24 Gk he
2 Maccabees 15:1
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Nicanor’s Arrogance
15 When Nicanor heard that Judas and his troops were in the region of Samaria, he made plans to attack them with complete safety on the day of rest.(A)
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